Lebanon says it will not deport six detained Syrians
BEIRUT — A top Lebanese intelligence official said on Wednesday the country would not deport six Syrians back to their war-torn homeland, after they were detained last month for smuggling...
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Lebanon has registered 1,008 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Fifteen more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,144
8 September 2021
Economic crisis threatens gains of already struggling special needs students in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Without any in-school special education services for two years now, 6-year-old Imad, usually known to have a sweet demeanor, has sometimes given way to aggressive meltdowns, during which...
Tala Ramadan, 8 September 2021
Lebanon to get Egyptian gas via Syria in plan to ease crisis
AMMAN — Egyptian natural gas will be piped to Lebanon via Jordan and Syria to help boost its electricity output under a plan agreed on by the four governments on Wednesday to ease a crippling...
Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 8 September 2021
The head of the food importers’ syndicate, Hani Bohsali, has warned that a strike by workers at Beirut port could lead to “a major food disaster.” Workers at the port’s container terminal are on strike for the third day running
8 September 2021
Deportation of six detained Syrians suspended pending review of lawyer’s appeal
BEIRUT — Lebanese General Security has suspended the planned deportation of six Syrian men until Court of Cassation Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat rules on a motion filed by the...
Abby Sewell, 8 September 2021
The former head of army intelligence, Camille Daher, was interrogated earlier today in connection with the 2020 Beirut port explosion by the investigating Judge, Tarek Bitar. The former customs director, Moussa Hazimeh, did not appear at his scheduled interrogation
8 September 2021
Another fire has broken out in Akkar, this time in the town of Andaqit, L’Orient Le-Jour reports. Civil Defense workers are working to control the blaze
8 September 2021
Teachers mount ‘day of anger’ over rapidly declining value of pay
BEIRUT — Hundreds of teachers gathered in front of the Education Ministry in Beirut’s UNESCO Palace on Wednesday to protest the steeply deteriorating value of their salaries as Lebanon faces its...
8 September 2021
Energy ministers agree on road map to supply Lebanon with Egyptian gas for electricity
BEIRUT — Energy ministers from Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan agreed on a road map Wednesday to supply Egyptian natural gas to ease Lebanon’s electricity crisis , which was brought on by severe...
8 September 2021
Bakeries in the north have begun receiving diesel after an official from caretaker Premier Hassan Diab’s office secured 110,000 liters for them, Tripoli Mayor Riad Yamak told L’Orient Today. Bakeries in the north warned yesterday that they would close today due to fuel shortages
8 September 2021
Energy ministers from Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan have agreed on a road map to supply Egyptian natural gas to ease Lebanon’s electricity crisis. The country’s outgoing energy minister, Raymond Ghajar, has said he hopes to get enough gas to generate 450 MW of electricity
8 September 2021
The labor minister has signed a decree tripling transportation allowances in the private sector from LL8,000 to LL24,000 per day. The price of a shared service taxi in Beirut, meanwhile, has risen more than sevenfold since the crisis began
8 September 2021
Communications services in Beirut’s Ras al-Nabeh area have been restored, state telecoms operator Ogero announced
8 September 2021
As residents brace for a major expected hike in the cost of fuel in the coming weeks, the Energy Ministry announced a slight change to prices today: 20 liters of 95-octane gas now costs LL126,400, a LL200 drop; diesel rose LL500 to LL98,600; and cooking gas rose LL600 to LL92,000
8 September 2021
State telecoms provider Ogero says areas served by its exchange in Beirut’s Ras al-Nabeh neighborhood have had services disrupted due to a lack of diesel. The company apologized for the suspension, which it said was “out of our control”
8 September 2021
Gas imports summit, fuel subsidies’ end imminent, northern bakeries shut: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Lebanon’s outgoing energy minister will meet with his Syrian, Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts this morning to begin...
